“On Tuesday, the city commission approved nearly $30,000 for the purchase of 140 Sig Sauer P320 duty-size handguns with X-ray sight,” bismarcktribune.com reveals, “and 20 Sig Sauer P320 compact-size handguns.” The BPD are ditching their Smith & Wesson M&Ps. “The department needs to replace our handguns due to some documented malfunctions and reliability concerns over the last couple of years,” Bismarck Police Chief Dan Donlin told the Trib. And what might those be? kfyrtv.com:
The police chief says there’s a need for the switch.
“They weren’t cycling as smoothly as they should so, we looked at it, we tried to troubleshoot the issues and the problems. We just had more and more officers that were stating they were having some problems,” said Bismarck Police Chief Dan Donlin (above).
He says out of all the guns they tested, the Sig Sauer P-320 is the most effectively.
Back to the Trib for an explanation of what makes the SIG SAUER P320 “most effectively”
Extensive testing of various firearms was conducted. In addition to the Sig Sauer P320s, the department tested the Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0, Glock 17 and Glock 19.
When the decision came down to the Sig Sauer P320s versus the Glocks, certified firearms instructors retested the guns.
“The Sig Sauer, in the majority of opinions, outperformed the Glock,” Donlin said. “It provided a lot more overall comfort and handling in the varying hand sizes of our officers.”
The Sig Sauer P320 has three sizes of grip modules from which to choose to accommodate officers’ varying hand sizes.
“The Sig, out of the box, was very accurate. Even our best shooters couldn’t believe how much better they shot with the Sig versus the Glock,” Donlin said.
The city commission accepted Streicher’s bid of $29,975 for the [160] Sig Sauer P320s, which reflects the trade-in of the department’s current handguns.
Well now, all the handguns tested have “grip modules” to accommodate officers’ varying hand sizes. Anyway, after trading-in the BPD’s lightly-used M&Ps, Bismarck taxpayers are only forking-out $187.34 per smooth-cycling SIG. AND they get X-ray sights . . .
pity – this reviewer generally has some good stuff, but shows a complete lack of understanding regarding rimfire revolvers – first of all, the hammer/firing pin MUST strike the rimfire with sufficient force – this means at least 10lb trigger pulls (although some folks work the triggers for less, but this can result in light strikes/FTFs)
second, to the previous poster: semiautos use a different firing pin mechanism w/internal springs, not a hammer, not a revolver!
and last, i can get my NAA 1 1/8″ barrel Sidewinder to do 3″ groups at 15 feet… please drop the mouse gun bigotry!
Excellent choice. I have had Xrays on my 320 FS for 2 years now. They compliment each other nicely, assuming your eyes work well with the green HD frontsight.
Dafook is an “x-ray sight”?
You gotta wear a lead apron with the gun.
I’m not saying this is 100% the case here, but it is amazing how bandwagon-y people can be. FBI switches back to 9mm and the market gets flooded with used 40s, the army switches to the p320 and dozens of Beretta 92s start showing up in the used gun cases, and, perhaps, police departments start saying “I want thaaaat.”
no, too impatient. i just wanna shoot.
And with over 18000 PDsin this country, that’s a lot of wasted taxpayers money
If biometrics are the best way to secure a gun, then why not get one of those new “smart guns”?
And yes, I’m being sarcastic.
Yes I hunt and on private land and I have no,idea what dh guy is talking about .
Its called a farm , there are no fences , and nobody certinly is feeding them , they roam miles off the farm in search of does .
That’s a shame. The m&p is a good gun. I won’t knock the new 320 until I get a chance to shoot it myself though.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again….
The Sandy Hook gun-grabbing fascist media complex can go fvck themselves.
I’m not giving up my rights to make you feel better.
If you want to save 1000x the lives monthly head down to your leftist state congress critter and get some “commonsense” control on the abortion mills.
I’ve used Craigslist many times. But not at anyone’s house. Always at a very public place with lots of people and usually during the daytime. Usually a busy convenent store during the day.
As an LEO (retired) I trained for response to school shootings. What we learned from Columbine is not to wait for the tactical team. Training did specify to wait for at least two, preferably three officers before making entry.
What we’re seeing from CT State Police is what we’re seeing from government across the country. Contempt for the citizenry. There seems to be a prevailing attitude in government that we answer to them as opposed to them answering to us.
When I meet for such I offer to meet at the main door of a bank of the other guys choice during business hours. I then explain there are multiple cameras and fbi interest should a crime be committed.
If they decline to meet – so do I.
Its as if Prohibition taught them nothing.
Just wait till the new ammo law takes effect in CA next year. Not only will there be a new black market for the trafficking of ammo but the potential for the illegal manufacture of ammunition. And why just stop at that when you can you can do the same but better and sell armor piercing pistol rounds to criminals as well?????
A whole lot of folks have figured out how to avoid the gubmint…I hear whining almost daily about Indiana flooding Chicago with guns,cigarettes and booze. Praytell which state is run better and other than Gary has a lower crime rate?!? And really good gun laws? Picking up my 4th Indiana bought gun in a year tomorrow…oh and I’m “mebbe” going to build an AR15.
Give me some ammo, not rifles. Out, I’ll leave this to the fine fellows here to guess. That’s a hard one.
If not for double standards, leftists would have no standards at all.
wait, a baker has to bake a gay wedding cake against his will but youtube gets to do anything it wants.
sounds like double standards to me!
we will see what happens when SCOTUS returns with that case, it should impact this!
Springfield Armory can kiss my a$$. I don’t care what they dream up, they are never getting any of my business.
“Don’t worry, Momma. That stray dog three doors down behind us won’t be gettin’ that apple pie on the window.”
Come on, you post about it but don’t give a time, location, and date? I have a POS .22 revolver with serious misfire issues that I’ve been waiting to offload at one of these little operations, on the leftists’ dime.
I like Harry more and more…probably because of his sketchy male liniage???? What’s up with the ragging on Meghan Markle? Once you go brown…
To all Homak owners: The blue foam that came with my safe started to disintegrate after owning it for 16 years and that stuff makes the biggest mess I’ve ever seen, if I could I would make the owners eat that crap and ask for seconds. never will buy again.